| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 04:36PM -0500 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 1998-03-09, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information, including an explanation of the """ notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". ** Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Current Events (excerpt) Answer these 1998 questions, too, if you like for fun, but for no points. 1. Normally we wouldn't dare ask you the name of Canada's Prospector of the Year. But this guy made it to the front page -- probably because of his better-known son, a Canadian Olympic athlete. Name him -- their last name is enough. 2. What did Cineplex Odeon decide this week to stop showing in its cinemas? I wrote one of these rounds. ** Game 7, Round 7 - Science - Plastics Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you... just one word. Ben Braddock: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Ben Braddock: Yes, sir, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics. -- "The Graduate" (1967) * Rubber 1. Rubber is naturally elastic but has the serious disadvantages that it becomes too soft and sticky when warm, and too hard when cold. These disadvantages were partially overcome in 1839 when the American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered what process? 2. I.G. Farben created a synthetic rubber in the late 1920s that assumed a great deal of strategic importance for Germany in World War II. This new material was a copolymer of butadiene and styrene catalyzed by sodium -- its name derives from two of these materials, and is one of the """current""" trade names for synthetic rubber in Germany. What is it? * Early Plastics 3. In the late 1860s, two brothers named Hyatt created the first thermoplastic -- a moldable mass formed by heat and pressure into a shape that it retains. They intended it to be a replacement for ivory (for example, in billiard balls), but it proved to have far greater application -- including film and fashion. Name it. 4. The first "true" synthetic material was invented in 1907 by a Belgian immigrant to the US. It had immediate applications in everything from lacquer to electrical insulation to billiard balls; indeed, this material may be said to define the Art Deco style. * Terminology 5. Some common plastics are polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene... in fact, the whole class of plastics goes by the name "polymers". What does the prefix "poly-" mean? 6. What process is this? A melted polymer is forced through an opening with a particular cross-section (the die), and a continuous shape is formed with a constant cross-section similar to that of the orifice. * Nomenclature 7. Polytetrafluoroethylene, used in cookware and clothing, is better known by what trade name? 8. PVC is a common hard, inflexible plastic whose industrial use is ubiquitous -- it appears in everything from tubing to ski boots. What does PVC stand for? 9. Polymethyl methacrylate is a transparent, extremely hard substance better known by what trade name? 10. Polystyrene with air injected is better known by what trade name? ** Game 7, Round 8 - Entertainment - The Master: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock 1. In the kinds of stories that Hitchcock told, the major characters are often contending for control or possession of a particular item of value to them -- an item that Hitchcock generically called the McGuffin. In "Notorious" (1946), starring Ingrid Bergman, the McGuffin proved to be hidden in a wine bottle -- but *what* it was caused Hitchcock to attract attention from the FBI. What was it? 2. This 1955 movie was Shirley MacLaine's debut and is generally considered Hitchcock's funniest. Its McGuffin is the body of the title character. What was the title? 3. In 1948, Hitchcock made the experiment of a movie intended to look like one continuous shot -- though the joints required every 10 minutes or so when the camera was about to run out of film are actually quite obvious. It starred James Stewart and was inspired by the real-life murderers Leopold and Loeb. What was its title? 4. Hitchcock made three movies based on the writings of Daphne du Maurier. The first was a 1939 film with Charles Laughton, much of its dialogue in the impenetrable dialect of the west of England. The second, a 1940 film with Laurence Olivier, was his first American-made movie but was again set in England. The third was "The Birds" (1963). Name *either one of the first two*. 5. Robert Cummings appeared in two Hitchcock movies. He starred in a 1942 film which included real-life footage of a ship that had been destroyed in New York harbor allegedly by criminals, and which ended with a chase to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Cummings was also in a 1954 movie starring Ray Milland that was filmed in 3-D, although not released that way until years later. Name *either movie*. 6. Name either of Hitchcock's last two movies. For one, released in 1972, he returned to Britain for the first time in 20 years and cast Barry Foster as a serial killer whose weapon was the necktie. The other appeared in 1976, starred Bruce Dern, and included a humorous scene of a runaway car on a California mountain road. Name either one. 7. Since the story of "Lifeboat" (1944) takes place entirely in the boat, Hitchcock could not play his usual walk-on role. How did he manage to get himself into the movie? 8. This actress was Hitchcock's favorite, starring opposite Ray Milland, James Stewart, and Cary Grant in different movies; and in various later movies, Hitchcock was considered to have had her in mind when casting Tippi Hedren, Kim Novak, and Eva Marie Saint. Name her. 9. Several Hitchcock movies include memorable scenes on trains, but only one, from 1938, is set almost entirely on a train from start to finish. It takes place in an unnamed European country and the title character is played by Dame May Whitty. Name the film. 10. Name the 1935 Hitchcock movie, based on a story whose author was also a governor-general of Canada, that features Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll and for part of the story has them handcuffed together. -- Mark Brader "By this time I was feeling guilty. No, correction, Toronto I was feeling that I *should* feel guilty ..." msb@vex.net -- Jude Devereaux My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 30 10:13AM +0200 > that it becomes too soft and sticky when warm, and too hard when > cold. These disadvantages were partially overcome in 1839 when > the American inventor Charles Goodyear discovered what process? Vulcanization > a shape that it retains. They intended it to be a replacement > for ivory (for example, in billiard balls), but it proved to have > far greater application -- including film and fashion. Name it. Celluoid > 5. Some common plastics are polyethylene, polypropylene, > polystyrene... in fact, the whole class of plastics goes by > the name "polymers". What does the prefix "poly-" mean? Many > 7. Polytetrafluoroethylene, used in cookware and clothing, is > better known by what trade name? Nylon > 8. PVC is a common hard, inflexible plastic whose industrial use > is ubiquitous -- it appears in everything from tubing to > ski boots. What does PVC stand for? Polyvinylechloride |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): May 29 04:32PM -0500 Mark Brader: > see my 2020-06-23 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from > the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > I wrote one of these three rounds. That was the geography round. > Answer these 1998 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. > 1. She didn't say how she had done it, but what did Jodie Foster > announce this week that she had done? Become pregnant. Dan Blum got this. > 2. Why has a Nipomo, California, man started getting harassing > phone calls complaining about the weather? Because of his name: Al Nino. > acceptable (Francis, Henry, Philip). > 1. You all know who was boss of Normandy in 1066. Who ruled France > that year? Philippe I (or the Fair). > 2. Remember George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan"? Which king did > Joan manage to get crowned? Charles VII. 4 for Dan Blum. > 3. During the Commonwealth period, which French king gave refuge > to the would-be English king Charles II? Louis XIV. 4 for Joshua and Erland. "Would-be" in two senses. He would have already been the King of England if Parliament hadn't abolished the monarchy, and he would become king when they reversed that action. > 4. And which French king was given refuge in England in 1848? Louis Philippe. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland. > 5. Who was King of France in 1534 when Cartier landed in what is > now Canada? François I. > 6. Who was King of France in 1759 when Quebec fell to the British? Louis XV. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland. > 7. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at > the end of World War I. Raymond Poincaré; Georges Clemençeau. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland. > 8. Name *either* the president or the prime minister of France at > the beginning of World War II. Albert Lebrun; Edouard Daladier. > 9. Before she was married to Henry II of England, Eleanor of > Aquitaine was married to which French king? Louis VII. > 10. Mary Queen of Scots was married to which French king? François II. > the country where the artist was active (note, this is not always > their country of birth). For each question, you name the artist. > Of course, signatures have been removed. This was one of four rounds all tied for being the hardest of the season. > their paintings. > 1. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/A.jpg > "Bathers". Circa 1884, France. Auguste Renoir. > 2. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/B.jpg > "Igor Stravinsky". 1920, France. Pablo Picasso. > 3. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/C.jpg > "Self-Portrait with Demons". 1898, Belgium. James Ensor. > 4. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/D.jpg > "The Large Bathers". Circa 1898, France. Paul Cézanne. > 5. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/E.jpg > "Solitude". 1917, Italy. Giorgio di Chirico. 4 for Dan Blum. > 6. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/F.jpg > "Sleeping Woman". 1921, Mexico. Diego Rivera. 4 for Dan Blum. > 7. (Not for the squeamish, this one.) > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/G.jpg > "This is Worse". 1810-20, Spain. Francisco Goya. (From his series "The Horrors of War".) 4 for Dan Blum. > caricatures, collages, and illustrations. > 8. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/H.jpg > "Fit for Active Service". 1918, Germany. George Grosz. "KV" is short for "kriegsverwendungsfahig", which translates to the drawing's title. > 9. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/I.jpg > "Man Picking Wheat". Circa 1940, US. Ben Shahn. > 10. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/J.jpg > "Self-Portrait". 1924, Germany. This artist was known mostly > for her drawings. Käthe Kollwitz. > The original handout included four decoys. Name these artists as > well if you like, for fun, but for no points. Nobody tried these. > 11. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/K.jpg Henri Matisse ("Still Life with Fruit and Flowers", 1947). > 12. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/L.jpg Aubrey Beardsley ("Ali Baba", 1894). > 13. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/M.jpg Paul Gauguin ("Standing Tahitian Nude", circa 1894). > 14. http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo7/3/N.jpg Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ("Yvette Guilbert", 1894). > in various shorelines. They're all pretty much the same thing, > but some of them are called bays, some are gulfs, and some are seas. > 1. What *two* Canadian provinces have coastline on Chaleur Bay? Quebec, New Brunswick. 4 for Dan Tilque. Between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is the Bay of Fundy, as mentioned on "Jeopardy!" yesterday. Between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland is the Cabot Strait. > 2. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan each have one large bay on their > western side. Name *either* bay. Saginaw Bay, Green Bay. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern > coast of what country? Australia. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. > 4. What bay lies at the north end of the Davis Strait, between > Canada and Greenland? This was a decoy in Game 4, Round 3, remember? It's Baffin Bay. > 5. The White Sea is subject to freezing. What country does all of > its coastline belong to? Russia. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua. In the original game QMs were warned: "if USSR is given, call it wrong. Enough time has passed now." > 6. This sea lies mainly between China and South Korea, and connects > the East China Sea to Korea Bay. Name it. Yellow Sea. 4 for Erland. > 7. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the indentation in Europe's Atlantic > coast that France and Spain border on? Bay of Biscay. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. In 2009 "Biscayne" was tried, and I scored it as almost correct. That's only true lexically and not geographically, as Biscayne Bay is actually off Miami, Florida! > 8. To travel from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, you must traverse > what gulf, located mainly between Yemen and Somalia? Gulf of Aden. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Erland. > 9. What bay, gulf, or sea forms the arm of the Mediterranean between > Italy and such countries as Croatia? Adriatic Sea. 4 for everyone. > 10. In the TV show "Baywatch"... what bay """are""" they watching? Santa Monica Bay, near Los Angeles. Yeah, I know, not really a geography question. Incidentally, essentially the same question was asked on "Jeopardy!" on 2008-12-18, while I was preparing these games for newsgroup posting the first time. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 7 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 TOTALS TOPICS-> His Art Geo Dan Blum 16 12 20 48 Erland Sommarskog 16 0 24 40 Joshua Kreitzer 8 0 22 30 Dan Tilque 0 0 24 24 -- Mark Brader, Toronto "Yes, you're very smart. Shut up." msb@vex.net --The Princess Bride My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 30 10:05AM +0200 >> 3. The Gulf of Carpentaria forms a large notch in the northern >> coast of what country? > Australia. 4 for Joshua, Erland, and Dan Tilque. Tha name of the bay did not ring a bell at all. But there are not that many countries with a distinct north coast. And not all of them has a distinct gulf. >> 4. What bay lies at the north end of the Davis Strait, between >> Canada and Greenland? > This was a decoy in Game 4, Round 3, remember? It's Baffin Bay. Yes, I remembered that the bay appeared in an earlier quiz. But I did not remember the name. |
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